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| Maytyarri is a minor language of [[Tricin]]. It's spoken in the ___ Mountains.
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| Antyardu-n' ami tyu.ngarnra tyu.rraparn-ku kanyu-nra.
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| I-NOM about love hate-and speak-PRES
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| Warr' antyardu-rriku rimpawrda-nra?
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| for me-INTERR save-PRES?
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| Ngurtima yirr pardungu nu-rta-rimpawrda!
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| happy ACC·PREP birth GEN-AGENT-save! (Merry Christmas!)
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| ==Todo==
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| ''ikuu'' = 'self'
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| ==Phonology==
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| Based on Australian/Tamil.
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| ===Consonants===
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| p t ʈ c k
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| m n ɳ ɲ ŋ
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| j ʋ
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| r ɻ ɽ
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| mʙ ⁿr ᶯɽ
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| p t rt ty k
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| m n rn ny ng
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| y w
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| rr r rd
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| mb nr rnr
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| ===Vowels===
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| aa a ii i uu u
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| Words may only end in a vowel or one of the following consonants: ''n rn rr r y w''.
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| Geminate consonants are prohibited, like in Australian Aboriginal languages and unlike in Tamil.
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| ==Grammar==
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| Latin-ish, "magnā cum laude" order
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| ===Nouns===
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| ''-ngku'' = plural
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| Need case clitics
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| ===Pronouns===
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| ''antyardu'' = I
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| ''narrinyi'' = thou
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| ''wurta'' = he/she
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| ''kumparnri'' = we
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| ''rtaarntu'' = ye
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| ''wurtangku'' = they
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| ===Verbs===
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| [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]
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